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Masks, fighters and witches: Student photographers on show

image source, Matt Brealey/Alex Jones/Juliette LetortStudents of this year’s Photojournalism and Documentary masters course at the London College of Communication present their final projects to the public this week.“The work takes us on a visual exploration of some of the crucial issues of the day, from the personal to the global; from notions of identity, home and unthinkable loss to the wider environmental issues of housing and energy; as well as the lyrical exploration of feminism and an examination of witchcraft,” says course leader Aletheia Casey.You can see the work as part of the Free Range Graduate…Continue Reading

This so-called AI camera makes me so, so angry!

This is a new AI camera that looks like a camera that has a TV aerial stuffed where the lens should be. Called the Paragraphica, is able to take AI-generated pictures using its geolocation, the time, and the weather – without any need for you to input these text prompts. It doesn’t need to see the scene – but uses generative AI to create the image. The control the user has over the result comes from the three dials on top of the camera. “The first dial behaves similarly to the focal length in an optical lens but instead controls…Continue Reading

BC SPCA’s annual Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest is back!

The BC SPCA invites the public to participate in its 15th annual Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest running May 15 through 31. Amateur photographers 14 years and older can submit their awe-inspiring images of owls, eagles, foxes, bees, whales and other amazing creatures until May 31. You can enter as many times as you like and there is no entry fee. “Wildlife-in-Focus celebrates the incredible variety of wild animals who call BC home,” says BC SPCA wild animal welfare specialist Erin Ryan. “Last year we received more than 1,700 entries showing this province’s impressive array of wild animals.” 2022 Wild Settings first…Continue Reading

AP wins public service, photo Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its coverage of the war in Ukraineearning recognition for its breaking news photography of the Russian invasion, as well as the prestigious public service award for its starting — and exclusive — dispatches from the ironeged port city of Mariupol. AP journalists were also finalists in two Pulitzer categoriesfor breaking news photography of Sri Lanka’s political crisis and for feature photography of the Ukraine war’s impact on older people. For the public service award, the Pulitzer judges acknowledged AP — which had the only international journalists…Continue Reading